Category: Colorado Politics

Ward Churchill case: Chancellor's Report as much as we could have hoped for

Re: Faculty inquiry up next Chancellor decides allegations merit probe by CU panel (Rocky Mountain News, 3/25/05) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3649895,00.html To the Editors: Chancellor DiStefano is right t… more »

Bloggers help prevent Eminent Domain abuse in Colorado

Toll road gets tangled in Web of defeat Bloggers' successful blocking of 'Super Slab' bill stuns developer (Rocky Mountain News, 3/24/05) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3646692,00.html I'm all for private funding… more »

Politics and Education: The Dirty Truth Emerges in Colorado

It has long been clear that teachers’ unions and the Democratic Party were closely aligned. New “smoking gun” evidence of illegal behavior by public school systems in Colorado is a disturbing confirmation of the total disregard for the interest of studen… more »

U of Colorado Regents may do the right thing about Churchill

Regents balk at Churchill deal Plagiarism allegation stalls buyout proposal http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2758694,00.html There has been a tremendous amount of pressure put on the University regents not to offer Churchill a buyout… more »

How to deal with the prairie dogs in Boulder

I'm attending a meeting today, so I won't have time for my usual several postings. I'd like to offer one of the funniest things I've read in a long time, a modest proposal by Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute on how to deal with the huge increas… more »

A Detailed Analysis of the case against Ward Churchill and the University's standards of review

The Claremont Institute/Colorado has published a long and detailed report on the case against Ward Churchill, why there are substantial grounds to fire him completely separate from free speech issues, and why the strucuture of the University of Colorado'… more »

University of Colorado may offer Churchill a buyout

PUBLISHED in the Denver Post, 3/10/05 http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E416%257E,00.html Re: CU weighs buyout for firebrand prof (Denver Post, March 8, 2005) http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~53~2733299%2C00.html To… more »

Betsy Hoffman resigns...a good first step for U of Colorado

PUBLISHED in the Boulder Daily Camera, 3/9/05 http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/letters_to_editor/article/0,1713,BDC_2491_3604957,00.html http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~30780~2749276,00.html http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/buffzone_news/a… more »

TABOR and the Colorado Club for Growth

Thanks to The American Kestrel for bringing this poll to my attention: Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Poll: Colorado voters are slowly recognizing that the state government is in a budget crunch, but they're still unwilling to let go of many aspects… more »

Colorado legislature joins the abuse-of-eminent-domain club

PUBLISHED in the Denver Post, 2/25/05 http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~416~2730833%2C00.html To the Editors: Re “Land Values Could Be Halved” (Denver Post article, 2/23/05) http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2727161,00.… more »